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It seems that our politicians see the world in black and white, so why not our artists? Did Woody Allen's 'Manhattan' have to be in black and white? No. But is it fantastic that it was? To see New York like that? Yes!
Alexander Payne
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Alexander Payne
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: February 10
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A lot of people get stuck, like, Oh, if it's made by a studio, it can't be independent. Often they link it to the source of financing, or how it's distributed, but I don't really know how you can. A filmmaker will take his money from anywhere. It doesn't matter.
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What is filmmaking but groping in the dark?
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There is an audience out there for literate films - slower, more observant, more human films, and they deserve to be made.
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You just never know when you're living in a golden age.
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A book is a book, but a movie is a movie. The more faithful you are, the more you'll come up with Harry Potter #1 and #2, which are like filmed books on tape. They're so petrified of turning off the readers that they make no concessions to the fact that they're trying to make a piece of cinema.
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I'm hoping one day I can make one really good film.
Alexander Payne
I think cynicism lasts. Sentimentality ages, dates quickly.
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Just because I make films doesn't mean I think they're great. I just make them and then when I'm done with them I'm just a filmgoer like I always am. They're all lessons. I'm still in film school, honestly. And this one is just a dry run for whatever the next one is.
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A lot of documentaries have been made very quickly, but I think they're like frogs in an ecosystem: They're harbingers. Film is always two or three years behind, because it takes so long to write a script, get financing, and get it made. It just takes a while. But I think it's coming. It has to.
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Hollywood films have become a cesspool of formula and it's up to us to try to change it... I feel like a preacher! But it's really true. I feel personally responsible for the future of American cinema. Me personally.
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Somewhat dramatic things happen, and you don't even always notice them — that's what life is.
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My flag is always flying. My shingle is always out. I'm always looking for movie ideas. The hardest part of this whole movie-making endeavor is finding ideas. That's the real goal.
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I like actors who, when you see them on screen, you sense a person, not just an actor.
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Acting is a lot easier than people think it is.
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Adult movies with any artistic credit are released in the last quarter of the year and expected to gird for battle for Globes and Oscars. So the films aren't being seen just for themselves, but rather in a competitive context.
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I'm attracted to short screenplays. Nobody really wants a film to be over two hours, or at least I don't.
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Comedy is a wonderful device for distance that allows us to look at what we're talking about with some degree of distance and hopefully with a bit more perspective and honesty. With many exceptions, a movie with no jokes is far less appealing to me.
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I still have energy and some degree of youth, which is what a filmmaker needs.
Alexander Payne
A book suggests a whole world and story that I could have never thought of in a million years.
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I definitely in filmmaking more and more find writing and directing a means to harvest material for editing. It's all about editing.
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